Dhaka Abahani Limited recorded a 2-1 goals victory over Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) in the 2nd phase of Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League held on Thursday late evening at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
In the day’s match, Abahani had chance to take the lead in the 25th minutes but their Portuguese forward Soares left footer shot went wide.
Forward Ali Akbar Kanon squandered an opportunity for Team BJMC in the 33rd minutes when his shot missed the post on a low cross of Guineas forward from the right flank.
After the resumption, Abahani broke the deadlock in the 55th minutes from a spot kick. Team BJMC goalie Arifuzzaman Hemel tackled down Abahani’s Ghanaian forward Osei Morrison in the box and referee Bharat Chandra Goura whistled for penalty. Portuguese for Soares made no mistake to convert the spot kick (1-0).
Forward Shahedul Alam Shahed doubled the lead for Abahani in the 65th minutes. Soares sent a pass to Shaheed whose angular placing shot hit the side post crossed the goal line (2- 0).
Guineas forward Ismael Bangoura pulled one back for BJMC with a header capitalizing on a free kick of Samson Illiasu at the stoppage time of the second half.
With the day’s victory, the sky blue Dhanmondi “outfit” took their tally to 28 points from 14 matches while Team BJMC remained at their previous credit of 15 points from the same number of outings.
Earlier, in the first phase, Abahani edged past Team BJMC by a solitary goal.
